v.1.7.0

What's Changed

Go 1.22 support, plus other fixes.

• Correct typos in comments and doc by @alexandear in #225
• Fix errcheck issues in tests by @alexandear in #227
• Directly specify the needed fields when loading packages by @alexandear in #226
• analyzer: set diagnostics category by @rjarry in #228
• Update deps, test with latest Go by @abhinav in #234
• fix: don't exclude fmt.Errorf by @thehowl in #235
• Add Go 1.21.x to test matrix by @kisielk in #236
• remove deprecated funcs usages by @isopov in #237
• Simplify tests by refactoring to T.TempDir by @alexandear in #239
• Update dependencies to work with Go 1.22 by @addie in #240

New Contributors

• @alexandear made their first contribution in #225
• @rjarry made their first contribution in #228
• @abhinav made their first contribution in #234
• @thehowl made their first contribution in #235
• @isopov made their first contribution in #237
• @addie made their first contribution in #240

Full Changelog: v1.6.3...v1.7.0

Test and check blanks in var declarations, doc fixes

What's Changed

• docs(README.md): Add abspath, mod, and ignoregenerated flag docs by @edwinavalos in #220
• Remove GO111MODULE: 'off' variantes from CI workflow by @kisielk in #221
• test and fix check blanks in var declarations by @gburt in #219
• Add a note about GO111MODULE by @kisielk in #222

New Contributors

• @edwinavalos made their first contribution in #220
• @gburt made their first contribution in #219

Full Changelog: v1.6.2...v1.6.3

More bug fixes.

What's Changed

• Calculate correct position with comments before the package keyword by @rmohr in #215

New Contributors

• @rmohr made their first contribution in #215

Full Changelog: v1.6.1...v1.6.2

v1.6.1 - Bug fixes

What's Changed

• Exclude (*io.Pipe{Read,Write}r).CloseWithError by @jcharum in #200
• Provide go/analysis analyzer instance by @dtcaciuc in #198
• close file explicitly, to avoid "max open files" error by @lance6716 in #202
• Use "go install" instead of "go get" in README.md by @eliasdaler in #204
• Test with Go 1.18, update deps by @dtcaciuc in #207
• Handle embedded nil interfaces. by @kisielk in #213

New Contributors

• @jcharum made their first contribution in #200
• @lance6716 made their first contribution in #202
• @eliasdaler made their first contribution in #204

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.6.1

Add SelectorName

Add SelectorName field to UncheckedError result struct.

v1.5.0: Support the -mod=vendor flag

4319a61 Support the -mod=vendor flag for using modules in a vendor directory

v1.4.0

c491130 Correction: requires Go 1.11.x
6b5513d Ignore comments and empty lines in excludes files

Upgrade golang.org/x/tools, drop Go < 1.11 support

b367e75 Limit the amount of memory errcheck uses with smarter goroutine scheduling
175c8b8 Drop support for Go 1.10 and Go 1.9
77437ce Upgrade golang.org/x/tools to latest
e327f15 Fix #139: Add example of excluding a call to a vendored dependency
ff9d777 Update .travis.yml
dd5e04e Update .travis.yml
aaeeb43 Use svg for ci build graphics
2050f4e Fix regression that occurs when GO111MODULE=on
f4fbc7c .travis.yml, tests: Update for GO111MODULE=on [ci-skip]
ff068b1 .travis.yml: Grow the build matrix, pin golang.org/x/tools version
3bf72b1 errcheck_test.go: Better error reporting for debugging
4f924b3 errcheck_test.go: Remove dead code

Go Modules

Add support for Go modules.

v1.1.0: Merge pull request #137 from louissobel/add-receiver-checking-against…

• Improved default exclude list by removing default package-level excludes.
• Check all levels of a type's embedded interfaces against the exclude list.